Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 28, Shloka 19
शुकवाक्यं (Śuka’s Report on the Vānara Host) / Śuka Describes the Allied Forces to Rāvaṇa
यश्चैषोऽनन्तरश्शूरश्श्यामःपद्मनिभेक्षणः ।इक्ष्वाकूणामतिरथोलोकेविख्यातपौरुष ।।6.28.18।।यस्मिन्नचलतेधर्मोयोधर्मंनातिवर्तते ।योब्राह्ममस्त्रंवेदांश्चवेदवेदविदांवरः ।।6.28.19।।योभिन्द्याद्गगनंबाणैःपर्वतांश्चापिदारयेत् ।यस्यमृत्योरिवक्रोधश्शक्रस्येवपराक्रमः ।।6.28.20।।यस्यभार्याजनस्थानात्सीताचापिहृतात्वया ।सएषरामस्त्वांयोद्धुंराजन्समभिवर्तते ।।6.28.21।।
yaś caiṣo'nantaraḥ śūraḥ śyāmaḥ padma-nibhekṣaṇaḥ |
ikṣvākūṇām atiratho loke vikhyāta-pauruṣaḥ ||6.28.18||
yasminn acalate dharmo yo dharmaṃ nātivartate |
yo brāhmam astraṃ vedāṃś ca veda veda-vidāṃ varaḥ ||6.28.19||
yo bhindyād gaganaṃ bāṇaiḥ parvatāṃś cāpi dārayet |
yasya mṛtyor iva krodhaḥ śakrasy eva parākramaḥ ||6.28.20||
yasya bhāryā janasthānāt sītā cāpi hṛtā tvayā |
sa eṣa rāmas tvāṃ yoddhuṃ rājan samabhivartate ||6.28.21||
O King—this hero, dark-hued and lotus-eyed, renowned in the world for his prowess, a foremost chariot-warrior of the Ikṣvāku line—he is one in whom dharma stands firm, who does not overstep righteousness; who knows the Vedas and is foremost among the knowers of the Veda; who knows the Brahmā-weapon; whose arrows could pierce the sky and even split mountains; whose wrath is like Death itself and whose valor is like Indra’s—whose wife Sītā was carried off by you from Jana-sthāna: that very Rāma is now advancing, O King, to fight you.
"O king! the king who is not distant from him, a dark complexioned, one with lotus eyes who never transgresses his righteousness, who is a great charioteer of Ikshvaku race; who knows use of Vedas, who is choicest, who knows the weapons presided over by Brahma; whose arrows can pierce through the sky and even mountains; whose anger is like anger of death, whose valour is like that of Indra; whose consort has been borne away from Janasthana is Rama. He is advancing towards you to wage war with you."
FAQs
They portray Rāma as one in whom dharma is steady and who does not transgress it, making his coming battle not mere vengeance but a dharmic response to the adharma of abducting Sītā.
Satya is implied through Vibhīṣaṇa’s candid, factual description to Rāvaṇa—naming the wrongdoing (the abduction of Sītā) and truthfully stating its consequence: Rāma’s inevitable advance to confront him.